we have a winner !

The winner of the first orbis™ competition has just been announced. Young Norwegian photographer Eirik Slyngstad won, with an ethereal fashion-oriented image taken using his orbis™ ring flash. Check out a full interview with Eirik and see his winning image in our May 4th ’09 blog post here. Here’s a little strip of some of the finalists:

The orbis™ comp was so hard to judge we couldn’t pick a winner at all when we first started judging. We agonised over our decision for a week and even took to carrying around prints of our favourite photos to stick on the walls of our office and homes. That’s how hard it was! The runners-up are all awesome photos. We’ve posted them to the gallery page, so go take a look!